Derby day ticket criteria

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Me, my dad and brother are all on just shy of 17k points and missed out on the derby. No surprise there as we miss out on the derby every year, meaning every year we have to spend stupid money buying a ticket off some nob head making a drink out of us.

We've no problem missing out to people who have more points than us - thats just the way it goes. Our issue is that there is this 'children's allowance' policy which basically means that if the dad has enough loyalty points to get a ticket, then he can take his son/daughter, who is unlikely to have accumulated any loyalty points whatsoever because they are too young to have done so. As mentioned, we all have just shy of 17k loyalty points.

Supporters services won't tell us exactly how many tickets are allocated under this 'children's allowance' scheme/policy. I would assume from the fact that they are refusing to tell us that it is a hell of a lot because they know people are going to say "why the fuck are X amount of kids with no loyalty points getting a ticket over me when i have been going up and down the country and abroad for X amount of years".

Again, I have no problem losing out to someone with more points than us, but when god knows how many kids are getting tickets over and above me (who will be going to swansea away on a midweek and getting back at 2am and Palace on New Years fucking Eve) then something is seriously wrong. Obviously we have aired this frustration with the supporter services team; to say they couldn't give two fucks is an understatement. We also missed out on Huddersfield away for the exact same reason. To add insult to injury, the supporter services twitter feed then puts a tweet out this morning saying that tickets are on sale to supporters with 16.5k loyalty points, only to delete it because they realised they have sold out already. These guys don't know their arse from their elbows.

Greater transparency is needed from supporter services and this children's allowance policy needs removing altogether. Nothing will be done though! Anyway, the hunt for tickets for Huddersfield and Old Trafford is on.

I managed to buy an adult ticket but was told all junior tickets had been sold and my daughter had to qualify in her own right. She has 11,000 points so how will she ever be able to get away tickets without this system in place. And don't say she should go to the likes of Swansea as she is still in school...

 

[mancitymick]

I only really hear people moaning about United and Liverpool tbh but take your point.

It is quite surprising but Liverpool never really made gripes on here in the past, it was just normally United away. But as stated this year all games have taken us back at what they have been selling at

 

[woodleyberksblue]

There will be plenty also at Swansea who just so happen to live not that far away and consider it a home game?

me for one - home at 0030 instead of 0230 - result!

 

[mancitymick]

me for one - home at 0030 instead of 0230 - result!

Ha Ha

 

[Roger The Shrubber]

Not if you've been to both of them for the last 10 years you would have an extra 400 points
Yours is the old and predictable argument
Let's face the system doesn't suit as you ain't been going regularly and you want to penalise the ones that have.

If someone has for example, 10,000 points, how many times would they have to go to Sunderland and Swansea away to get a derby ticket that needed 18,000 points?

 

[mancitymick]

If someone has for example, 10,000 points, how many times would they have to go to Sunderland and Swansea away to get a derby ticket that needed 18,000 points?

According to some. Those already on 18k points will still be going to Sunderland and Swansea. So you will never close the gap That blows there logic out of the water

 

[Chappie]

And

If someone has for example, 10,000 points, how many times would they have to go to Sunderland and Swansea away to get a derby ticket that needed 18,000 points?

and if you went to the other 20 away matches a season for 10 years you would have had enough points
All arguments both ways can be countered and as I have said countless times, our Ire should be directed at the club and not at each other
They are to be blamed for the lack of tickets

 

[Cheadle_hulmeBlue]

, those who do go to Swansea away midweek are usually the ones on high points, that's why they are on high points.

so hows anyone ever meant to catch up then ? or be able to go to games like united. if people with all the points are going swansea away midweek and the bigger games and its the only chance of catching up, then you'll never catch up. the argument you can get tickets for bigger games by attending so called smaller games isn't true. also most people can't attend games like that anyway.

we are making it impossible for any young lads just starting out to go away games ( other then ones miles away and really hard to get too)

 

[mancitymick]

@Ric @Bill @squirtyflower - Can this thread be renamed? or sort of moved. It should not be a thread about "United away criteria" But more "Where are the tickets going" ?

 

[Bob Smiles]

I think there should be a ballot on away tickets. But only on maybe 10% and only to SC holders. That will give a few new people the chance to go to away games.

And the club should be transparent as to where all the tickets go.